Names Ending in M for Boys

Traditional Arabic choice, used for both boys and girls.

The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. Recently heard in the hit French Netflix series Call My Agent in its French form Hicham.

A spelling that would definitely attract a lot of attention -- and a certain amount of confusion as well.

Isle is a super rare nature name that sounds like an appealing unisex form of Isla.

Irrevocably tied to long-lived, controversial South Carolina senator Strom (born James) Thurman; Strom, which sounds like an anagram of Storm, was his mother's maiden name. With a stretch, you might consider this one of the German names for boysthat's also a nature name.

Pronounced like Tom, but not everyone will know that.

A relatively rare English place and surname, Hallam could make a distinctive but usable boy's name. Hallam was the surname of the beloved Cambridge friend whose death Alfred, Lord Tennyson, mourns in his famous poem In Memoriam. A.H.H. Tennyson's eldest son, whom he named Hallam, became a Governor-General of Australia.

A middle-aged, if not elderly, name associated with Israeli statesman and onetime prime minister Begin, this is a symbolic appellation for boys born on the holiday of Tishah-b'Ab.

The way Wilhelm is pronounced anyway, so a pointless spelling variation.

A more scriptural way to spell Abraham.

Azzam might be open to some "shazam" teasing.

This name of a minor Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament is rarely heard outside the Jewish culture.

Chisholm is a habitational surname — if it's on your family tree, you have ancestors from Chisholme, Scotland, although they were originally of Norman and Saxon descent.

Like Justice and Peace, this word name makes a very strong statement. Ving Rhames chose it for his boy.

Despite its attractive meaning, this name is very rare in the States: it has only appeared twice in the US charts, in 2006 and 2020. Akam is a genre of Classical Tamil poetry, and the ring name of WWE wrestler Sunny Dhinsa.

The Greek mythological Elysium, or the Elysian Fields, was the home of blessed mortals after death. It's been coopted as a modern baby name for both sexes, although the Elyseum spelling has never been given to more than five children of a single sex in any one year.

Arabic or Islamic spelling of Adam

Kadeem is a name made familiar by TV actor Kadeem Hardison, a fresher alternative to the better known Kareem.